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The crowd gathered at Jim Gianopulos' Brentwood home Thursday handicapped Cuomo as the Democrats' best pick for the presidency, if Hillary Clinton decides not to run in 2016.

A high-wattage gathering of Hollywood moguls feted New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Brentwood on Thursday night, raising nearly $600,000 for his reelection campaign and quietly discussing their hope that Cuomo will seek presidency, if Hillary Clinton decides not to run.

"Behind Hillary, he's the second pick," said one attendee at the evening gathering, held at the Spanish-style manse of Fox Film chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos and his wife Ann.

Cuomo addressed the crowd -- which included Jeffrey Katzenberg, MPAA chief Chris Dodd and NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt -- from a podium set up in Gianopulos' backyard. About 150 people -- who paid between $5,000 and $25,000 to attend the event -- stood under heaters as Cuomo boasted about his state's tax credit program for movie and TV production, saying he hopes to lure more filming to New York. He also surprised some members of the audience by "trash talking" Eliot Spitzer, saying his predecessor created a mess at the statehouse.

His straight talk delighted the crowd. "It was like we were listening to Mario," said one insider. "He was great," said Katzenberg, whose political consultant, Andy Spahn, helped organize the event.

Although polls show that a majority of New York's likely voters favor Cuomo’s reelection in November, the governor isn't taking anything for granted in his quest for a second term. He’s amassed a reelection war chest of more than $33 million -- $7 million of which has been raised in the past six months.

During his last big Hollywood fundraiser in November of 2011, Cuomo raised $500,000 from an evening fundraiser at the home of White House decorator Michael Smith and then-HBO executive James Costos, now America’s ambassador to Spain.